Alexandee dombrowsky



A. DOMBROWSKY.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

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WITNESSES:

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ALEXANDER noMBRoWsKY,. or BALBOA, CANAL ZONE.

STRETCI-IER.

Application led October 29, 1915.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER DoMRow- SKY, a citizen of ,the United States, and a resident of Balboa,.Canal Zone, Panama, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stretchers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in stretchers of the character used for stretching and creasing trousers, wherein a frame is provided for engaging the opposite side edges of the superposed legs of the trousers, together with meansconnected with the frame and movable with respect theretofor clamping the frame on the said edges, the frame being adjustable for varying sizes of trousers and arranged to permit the frame to be hung up to support the trousers.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a front view of the improved stretcher, Fig. 2 is an edge view, Fig. 3 is an enlarged partial front view of a portion of the frame showing the hinge construction, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows adjacent to the line.

The present embodiment of the invention is an improvement over my'prior- Patent #1,004,390, granted Sept. 26, 1911, and comprises a supporting bracket, formed of wire or the like, bent to form a supporting eye l, and arms 2 depending from the eye, each arm having at its lower end an outwardly bent portionv 3, having at its free end an inwardly bent journal pin 4. Each journal pin is provided at its inner end with a lateral lug 5 for a purpose to be presently described, and a loop G of wire or the like, encircles the depending portion 2 at the junction thereof with the outwardly bent portion 3.

The eye 1 is formed from two coils, and the portions 2 extend from the ends of the wire after it has been bent into the coils. A pair of sectional clamping bars is connected with each journal pin 4, being journaled thereon, and each pair of clamping bars consists of front and rear members, each member being sectional. Each pair of clamping bars consists of upper sections 7, and lower sections 8, connected to the upper sectionsby the hinge joint shown more particularly in Fig. 3. This hinge is composed of an upper leaf 9, secured to the lower end of the section 7, and a lower leaf 10 secured to the upper end of the section 8, the said Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916. Serial No. 58,669.

leaves being secured to the sections by means of screws 11 or the like. The hinge leaves 9 and 10 have alined bearings 12 at their meeting edges for receiving a pintle, and the bearings are omitted at the center to form a notch for receiving the coil 13 of a spring, thesaid coil encircling the pintle. The ends 14 of the coil are bent in opposite directions to engage beneath bearing sleeves 15 on the hinge leaves 9 and 10. The arrangement of the hinges 9 and 10 is such that when the sections 8 are released from the resilient clamping mechanism to be later described, they will take the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, that 1s, the spring hinges will swing the sections 8 away from each other. l

A suspending yoke is provided for connecting each pair of bars with the adjacent journal pin. Each of the hanging yokes comprises a body 16 inthe form of an open loop engaging the adjacent ournal pin 4, and depending arms 17 which are lapped upon the outer faces of the adjacent clamping bar sections 7, and secured thereto in any suitable or desired manner.v

Mechanism-is provided for clamping the members of each pair of bars together on the trousers indicated at 18. The said Vclamping mechanism is shown more particularly in Figs. 3 and 4, and each of the said mechanisms is formed from wire of suitable gage, bent to shape. Each clamping mechanism comprises an eye 19, and arms 20 and 21, extending from the eye in parallel spaced relation, one of the arms 2O in the present instance having an outwardly bent lug 22, forming a finger piece for operating the clampingmechanisnn and the other arm 21 of each clamping mechanism has a portion 23 extending at an acute angle with respect to the portion 21, and having at its free end an eye 24.

Each clamping mechanism is hinged or pivoted to a bar section 7 or 8 of the rear member of each pair by means of a screw 25 passing through the eye 24, and the arms 20 and 21 which normally tend to move toward eachother are adapted to engage the outer faces of adjacent sections 7 or 8 as the case may be, to press the said sections toward each other.

An adjusting bar 26 is arranged between the sections S of the rear members of the pairs, the said bar being pivoted to the section 8 of one pair by means of the screws 25, and at its other end the loweredge of the bar is provided with notches 2T for en` gaging a pin 28 on the adjacent section of thc rcarineinber of thc other pair.

In practice, the clamping members, which are four in number' for each pair of bars, are pivoted to swing outwardly into inoperative position or inwardly into operative position, and the outerwardly bentlug 22 of each clamping member assists in guiding the arms 2O and 2l to proper position. 1l/Vhen the clamping members of the lower section S ot either pair of bars are swung outwardly, the spring hinges 9 and 10 will move the sections into the dotted line position oic Fig. 2, thus facilitating the introduc- ,tion of the trousers into the stretchers.

In use, the clamping mechanisms are disengaged, Vand after the trousers have been 'arranged as shown in Fig. 1 with the legs carefully superimposed upon each other, and with the side edges of the legs in register, one edge of the superimposed legs is introduced between one of the pairs of bars and during this operation the stretcher may be suspended from a hook or the like, by means or" the eye 1. After the superiinposed edges of the trousers have been inserted iii between the pair ol clamping bars the clamping` devices of the upper section 7 ol the pair are placed in operative position, thus clamping the upper sections 7 on the superimposed edges. The upper seotions of the other pair may then be placed or the lower sections of the first-named pair may be placed as maybe desired.

1n the first-named instance ai'ter the clamping members of the upper sections of the other pair of bars have been clamped on the sections, then the lower sections of the first-named pair are pressed together and connected by the clamping members. The lower sections of the other pair are then placed, and the adjusting or extension bar 26 is made use of to press the pairs of clamping bars away from each other to stretch the trousers legs laterally. Then a sulicicnt degree of tension has been attained the pin 28 is engaged with the adjacent notch 27, and the trousers are properly held to stretch and crease them. To release the trousers. it is only necessary Vto disengage the clamping members and the extension or adjusting. bar. The disengaging process will commence with the clamping bars at the bottom while during the .placing of the trousers the clamping mechanisms will be engaged from the top downward.

I 1t will be noticed that one pair or' clamping bars is of greater length that the other, the sections 7 of the said pair being longer than the sections 7 of the other pair as are also the sections 8 of the iirst-named pair. `When the clamping mechanisms are swung outwardly as indicated in dotted lines in incense Fig. 3 Vthe clamping arms'20 and 21 are` moved entirely out of engagement with the clamping bars so that the said mechanisms oii'cr no impediment to the insertion of the trousers. rl`he pressure of the clamping bars toward each other by the clamping mechanisms insures the proper creasing of the trousers, and the use of the extensionk bar 20 Y insures the proper stretching.

1 claim Y v 1. A trousers stretcher and creaser substantially as herein described, comprising a plurality of pairs of clamping bars, the inembers of each pairbeing adapted to engage the side edges of the superposed legs from the bottom to near the top, asuspendingv bracket to whichV the pairs are pivotedin spaced relation, a series of resilient clamps pivotally connected with each pair of bars the adjacent section of the adjacent member of the other pair.

2. A trousers stretcher and oreaser substantially as herein described, comprising. a plurality of ypairs of clamping bars, the members of each pair being adapted to engage the side edges of the superposed legs from the bottom to near the top, asuspending bracket to which the pairs are pivoted in spaced relation, a series otresilient clamps pivotally connected with each pair of bars and arranged inV spaced. relation to .swing outwardly into inoperativeposition torelease the members of the pair and to swing inwardly to clamp the members together on the trousers, each bar being sectional, and a spi-ing hinge connecting the sections of each bar to cause the lower.. sections to swing out- Y wardly when released from theclamping mechanisms. A

3. A trousers stretcher and creaser, coniprising a plurality of pairs `of sectional clamping bars, a common support to which the members of eachpair are pivoted, said bars being spaced apart from each other to clamp the opposite side edges of the superposed legs of'a pair Vof trousers,A clamping mechanism for clamping the members of each pair together on the legs, and a spring Vhinge connecting the sections of each bar and mounted to swing the lowerV section Voutwardly away from the adjacentlower section. Y

. @A trousers stretcher and crea-ser comprising clamping members formed ofi'sections, the sections at one end of the members clamping members, and means pressing the being connected together, and the sections at clamping members together to cause them to l0 the other end being free and disconnected grip the trousers placed between them.

from each other, means connecting the see- 5 tions of each member and normally tending,` ALEXANDER* DOMBROWSKY to move the free or disconnected sections Witnesses: laterally to facilitate placing the trousers be- H. R. TOWNSEND, tween coacting sections of complemental M. SYDON.

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